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In an attempt to keep unity within the Soviet Union, the country held a referendum on 16 March 1991; Kazakhstan voted 95% in favor of a new Union of Sovereign States.After the aborted coup d'état in August, the Supreme Soviet (Kazakhstan) passed the Constitutional Independence Law of Republic of Kazakhstan on 16 December 1991.
The primary reason for the peaceful student demonstrations that started in the early morning of 17 December was the dismissal of the long-serving First Secretary of the Communist Party of Kazakhstan, Dinmukhamed Kunaev (1964–1986) on 16 December and the appointment of Gennady Kolbin (1986–1989) as the First Secretary. Kolbin was unpopular ...
to present-day Kazakhstan and other former republics (Except Baltic countries) 6 July: Capital City Day: Астана күні (Astana kúni) День столицы (Den' stolitsy) Birthday of the first President of Kazakhstan 30 August: Constitution Day: Конституция күні (Konstıtýcıya kúni)
December 16 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) Day of Reconciliation, formerly celebrated as Day of the Vow by the Afrikaners (South Africa) Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Kazakhstan from the Soviet Union in 1991. [59] National Day, celebrates the withdrawal of United Kingdom from Bahrain, making Bahrain an independent emirate in 1971.
The Zhanaozen massacre (Kazakh: Жаңаөзен оқиғасы, romanized: Jañaözen oqiğasy) took place in Kazakhstan's western Mangystau Region over the weekend of 16–17 December 2011. At least 14 protestors were killed by police in the oil town of Zhanaozen as they clashed with police on the country's Independence Day, [ 2 ] with unrest ...
As a result of those events, the Kazakh SSR was renamed to the Republic of Kazakhstan on 10 December 1991. It declared independence on 16 December [9] (the fifth anniversary of Jeltoqsan), becoming the last Soviet constituency to secede. Its capital was the site of the Alma-Ata Protocol on 21 December 1991 that dissolved the Soviet Union and ...
The closer you get to it, the sharper and more dynamic it rushes into the sky. At the bottom of the stele are carved the words (in Kazakh and Russian): "On December 25, 1990, the state sovereignty of Kazakhstan was proclaimed." "December 16, 1991 State Independence of Kazakhstan was proclaimed". [10]
At least 10 die as the protesters in Zhanaozen, Kazakhstan, clash with police on the country's Independence Day. (The Telegraph) Syrian troops reportedly open fire on anti-government protesters following Friday prayers. (AP via Google) Clashes take place between pro-democracy protesters and security forces in Cairo, Egypt.